DKMudrechenko has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings Mighty Monks, I am trying to install `Unicode::Map8` module using cpan on CentOS5 with 2.6.18-371.9.1.el5 kernel. So when I do cpan> install Unicode::Map8 as sudo I get the following result:
Running install for module Unicode::Map8 Running make for G/GA/GAAS/Unicode-Map8-0.13.tar.gz Is already unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Unicode-Map8 +-0.13 Has already been processed within this session Running make test PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-MTest: +:Harness" "-e" "undef *Test::Harness::Switches; test_harness(0, 'blib +/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/callback....ok + t/compat......ok + t/map8........dubious + Test returned status 0 (wstat 11, 0xb) t/unistr......ok + Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed ------------------------------------------------------------------ +------------- t/map8.t 0 11 ?? ?? % ?? Failed 1/4 test scripts, 75.00% okay. 0/6 subtests failed, 100.00% + okay. make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255 /usr/bin/make test -- NOT OK Running make install make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
The perl version is v5.8.8. I tried this on my machine and on server that runs the same config. Any Idea what might be the reason?

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Re: cpan install Unicode::Map8 fails
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 01, 2014 at 02:56 UTC
    I wonder if this is related to this bug report.
    If so there's mention (and links) there of some "RPM based distro's" having upstream fixes.
    Perhaps there's something there of use to you.

    Otherwise, all I can think of trying is to run 'perl -Mblib t/map.t' and see if that presents any useful info.
    You could even hack at t/map8.t (by inserting some print() debug statements) such that you pinpoint the precise location of code therein that's causing a crash.

    Cheers,
    Rob
      That 11 probably means it died from a segfault